Power Play (A MM Hockey Romance)

The story wasn't over. It was just beginning. Months of distance should have killed what Jax Mercer and Viktor Sokolov built in Finland. Instead, their secret has become unshakeable-a connection forged under pressure and secrecy that only deepens with proximity. Now teammates. Now both stars. Now impossible to ignore. Their on-ice chemistry is undeniable. Off the ice? It's dangerous in ways that photographs can capture and tabloids can weaponize. When rumors surface again, management imposes a brutal ultimatum: thirty days of complete separation. No contact. No risk. While the story dies, they survive in isolation-each alone with the weight of what they can't have, the future they can't claim, the price the world demands for their love. But isolation fractures them both. And when they finally reconnect, everything has changed. The relationship is real now. Deeper. Built on more than obsession-built on choice, on commitment, on a choice to love each other despite the cost. But the system is closing in. Teammates notice. Coaches watch. Jax's father demands he perform a different kind of role. And Viktor's federation demands that he lie-publicly, completely, with no room for doubt. The question is no longer whether they'll survive exposure. It's whether they'll survive the performance required to stay hidden.